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HARRISON MACNEIR was born in Camden May 1, 1921 to Charles and Lillian MacNeir. The MacNeir family had been in Camden as far back as the 1880s. His parents were living at 816 Pine Street when the Census was taken in 1920 with older brothers Belford, Frederick, and Charles. When the Census was taken in 1930, The MacNeir family, lived at 714 Mount Vernon Street. Another brother, Edgar had also joined the family. When the 1940 City Directory was compiled the family was living at 723 Fern Street in North Camden. His brother Charles was still at home as well, Belford and Frederick were not listed in the Directory. Harrison W. MacNeir married and had joined the Camden Fire Department prior to the compilation of the 1943 Camden City Directory. He then lived with his wife, the former Thelma Bray, at 29 South 35th Street in East Camden. The MacNeir family stayed there into the 1960s, but had left Camden by 1969. Harrison W. MacNeir was last a resident of Cape May, New Jersey. He died on May 13, 1991, survived by his wife, who passed in September of 2007. |
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Engine
Company 2 with new pumper in front of quarters, 5th & Arch Streets,
1960. |
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Director of
Public Safety Edward Garrity presents |
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Witnessing,
from left: Fireman George Wade, Fireman Harrison
MacNeir, |
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In the staff office at Fire Headquarters (kneeling from left) Fireman Ernest Tartaglia, Fireman Howard Lewis, Fireman Harrison MacNeir; (standing from left) Captain Allen Hess, Fireman Dominic Dalanni, Fireman Henry Keubler, Chief Harry Wagner, Fireman James Troutman, Chief Edward Michalak, Fireman James Smith, Chief Edward MacDowell, Fireman John Yates, and Fireman George Wade. - 1961 |
